Calm your tits, gentlemen, the great Martin Samuel still isnt entirely convinced by De Gea.
David de Gea | 2011-14 Performances
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The ones off the too of my head is when he clawed one of Newcastle's players shot out of goal and Evra went to hug him, and when he saved one if Braga's shots and someone slapped him on his head. This is all last season.
Did no-one do anything after the one from Suarez at the weekend?
In pretty much every article of praise I've read today on De Gea there's still comments about his 'horrid start', and the fact that nobody believed that he'd come good. It's annoying, because anybody with the slightest clue about this game could see that he was class from the very start. In fact, his first season here was quite good, he pulled off some amazing saves.
He's made one error in what 18 months? He's well ahead of schedule for a goalkeepers career. Look at Mignolet, he's made plenty of unforced errors this season but they seem to regard him as a god since he signed for LFC.
Time for everyone to forget about a month or two of flappy hands in 2011, the man in my opinion is the best keeper in England at the moment and arguably Spain's best (obviously the goals conceded stats go against him but he can't help that).
Now our keeper is 100% settled and astute it's time to get this shambles of a defence sorted and give De Gea the protection he deserves. 4 players capable of starting 30 games isn't too much to ask is it?
Time for everyone to forget about a month or two of flappy hands in 2011, the man in my opinion is the best keeper in England at the moment and arguably Spain's best (obviously the goals conceded stats go against him but he can't help that).
Now our keeper is 100% settled and astute it's time to get this shambles of a defence sorted and give De Gea the protection he deserves. 4 players capable of starting 30 games isn't too much to ask is it?
He's a magnificent beast isn't he. He's quickly reaching VDS-esque levels for us. Always there with the crucial saves when we needed to and generally being very reliable at the back. His ball distribution is terrific as well.
He was banned, wasn't he?
Best young player in the world?
I imagine Hazard, Thiago, Alaba, Koke and players of that level and general consistency will argue otherwise. Keepers just don't get the same credit.
Courtois pushes him hard as a keeper, though he appears to be a bit of a twunt.
When rating the best goal-keepers in history you generally look for that match-winning ability. How often do they win you matches alone every season? De Gea is already up on his own winning us a handful of matches per season.
He has the talent to really be one of histories best if he continues like this. In my eyes he is already the best in the world and a big game player of measure.
There are keepers who are probably better against the average league teams, but De Gea is hard to beat when he is needed hte most.
He has the talent to really be one of histories best if he continues like this. In my eyes he is already the best in the world and a big game player of measure.
There are keepers who are probably better against the average league teams, but De Gea is hard to beat when he is needed hte most.
Well if Moyes and the other coaches have to take the blame for the outfield players being rubbish, I think we have to say Chris Woods has done a really good job with DDG. He's never looked this confident in his box, which is impressive given the shite his defenders have left him to deal with this season.
You could argue de Gea contributes more to his club than any of the other players you listed. But yeah, 'keepers don't tend to get the same recognition. He's among the top five best young players in the world, for me.
Hope he gets player of the season. No one deserves it more. He's the only one who has performed to a consistently high standard all season. Love him to bits.
Definitely deserves it, but Rooney will obviously get it.
Hope not. Started the season in a tantrum not celebrating our goals vs Swansea. Had fans on tenterhooks worried that he was going to Chelsea when he could have put the rumour to bed early doors. Played well for a few months but has been mediocre by his standards since his injury. He doesn't deserve it.
DDG has been consistently excellent all season. And he's the only one who has. He's one of very few bright spots this season and should rightly be player of the season imo.
DDG's chance of getting player of the season will be hindered by that horror mistake against Sunderland.
It's unfair but goal-keeping blunders always live longer in the memory than, for example a striker missing an open goal. This is speaking as someone who used to be a keeper. Always thought it was unfair but that's just the way it is. You're expected to be flawless as a keeper to get the praise you deserve.
It's unfair but goal-keeping blunders always live longer in the memory than, for example a striker missing an open goal. This is speaking as someone who used to be a keeper. Always thought it was unfair but that's just the way it is. You're expected to be flawless as a keeper to get the praise you deserve.
He'll still get player of the season at United. The reaction to the mistake was largely forgiving because of his consistency throughout the rest of the season. Aside from that no other player has performed that well at United.
It's also unfortunate that his best save this season came in a mauling to Liverpool.
I agree that Rooney will probably end up getting it, although I'd agree that De Gea would be deserving of it if he were to get it since he's been fantastic.
Rooney will get player of the season no matter what
I think that save is getting over-hyped. Was hit at him very hard but a nice height and close enough to him. I think last night's double save was actually better.
Not sure what his best save of the season is. Maybe this one?
Another great save. He'll have some scrapbook when he retires. His reflexes and reactions are second to none.I think that save is getting over-hyped. Was hit at him very hard but a nice height and close enough to him. I think last night's double save was actually better.
Not sure what his best save of the season is. Maybe this one?
I think that save is getting over-hyped. Was hit at him very hard but a nice height and close enough to him. I think last night's double save was actually better.
Not sure what his best save of the season is. Maybe this one?
This
Double save
Liverpool
is how I would rank them. All needed about 0.1 seconds reaction time.
Hope so. Nobody else deserves it this season.
Which one was that? I seem to have blocked the entire game from my memory.
Holy crap, I forgot about that. One of his best I'd say.
Oh, of course, yeah. That was a cracker all right.
The Liverpool one is absurd, closer than a penalty and Suarez absolutely leathers it.
Just checking previous player of the year awards to see if any keeper has won it before. Never once happened. Which probably reflects how little work a Manchester United keeper has to do. Still, though, the absence of Shmeicel and VdS is a bit of an anomaly.
Speaking of anomalies, two of the last three winners have fallen out of favour in a big way - Valencia and Hernandez. Stark contrast to the usual winners, who are invariably really important players for longish period of time before/after winning the award (Heinze a notable exception) Arguably an early indication of the flaws in this current squad that these two - relatively limited - players were being identified as the pick of the bunch.
Massively biased against defenders/keepers overall. 0 keepers. 3 defenders. 23 midfielders/strikers.
Speaking of anomalies, two of the last three winners have fallen out of favour in a big way - Valencia and Hernandez. Stark contrast to the usual winners, who are invariably really important players for longish period of time before/after winning the award (Heinze a notable exception) Arguably an early indication of the flaws in this current squad that these two - relatively limited - players were being identified as the pick of the bunch.
Massively biased against defenders/keepers overall. 0 keepers. 3 defenders. 23 midfielders/strikers.
That's better than the Sunderland one I reckon. It's absolutely point blank range and he hammers that ball.
I reckon so, just emphasises how much he deserves the award for me. This is the type of season where an outstanding defensive player stands a chance of winning the award, the attack have misfired so much. Have a feeling he'll get the players' one at least, and I'd like to think fans won't just run off to Rooney either.
Keep saying questions poised to the media "Is De Gea now the best in the Prem?" and they mostly stumble and say "he's up there but not the best".
Seriously do they even watch football? All of his mistakes were highlighted massively during that spell when he first joined and even now they still doubt him. He is streets ahead of Hart and Lloris. Hart literally is not better than him in any aspects. De Gea has outstanding reflexes, pinpoint distribution with both feet, has good anticipation, is more adapt and agile and coming of his line for 1 on 1's he's also better. The only claim Hart can have is he's better at aerial balls but this is an aspect that De Gea has improved massively and will get even better. It's his second season in a new league and he's still only 21. He really is up there with the world's best at the minute. Neuer is better but after him, I can't think of anyone that is better and that's including Courtois, Casillas etc.
All the big games, DDG has excelled and won us points on his own. For me, he has more ability than VDS but VDS was very consistent and was also a great leader, feel VDS was slightly better with his feet as well but again DDG is very young.
Seriously do they even watch football? All of his mistakes were highlighted massively during that spell when he first joined and even now they still doubt him. He is streets ahead of Hart and Lloris. Hart literally is not better than him in any aspects. De Gea has outstanding reflexes, pinpoint distribution with both feet, has good anticipation, is more adapt and agile and coming of his line for 1 on 1's he's also better. The only claim Hart can have is he's better at aerial balls but this is an aspect that De Gea has improved massively and will get even better. It's his second season in a new league and he's still only 21. He really is up there with the world's best at the minute. Neuer is better but after him, I can't think of anyone that is better and that's including Courtois, Casillas etc.
All the big games, DDG has excelled and won us points on his own. For me, he has more ability than VDS but VDS was very consistent and was also a great leader, feel VDS was slightly better with his feet as well but again DDG is very young.
DDG is the best goal keeper in England right now.
Uniteds best player this season, yet as most say he won't be credited because he's not outfield, he has a few errors but he's young, and most young players have a mistake or two, he's pretty much a toddler in goalkeeper terms, yet already at the top level.
Uniteds best player this season, yet as most say he won't be credited because he's not outfield, he has a few errors but he's young, and most young players have a mistake or two, he's pretty much a toddler in goalkeeper terms, yet already at the top level.
The save against Liverpool looks the best but I think he had time to set himself and anticipate what Suarez would do. Most keepers would have been beaten by the pace regardless.
The Sunderland save was an amazing reaction.
The Sunderland save was an amazing reaction.
It's his third season and he's 23. I don't even worry about him with aerial balls anymore. He's dealt with them brilliantly all season and most of last season too.
Hope he makes the PFA team again too.
You say that, but he was bizarrely robbed of it in 2011/12 because people were still pissed off with him. I think there's enough lingering animosity there to stop him being a shoo-in.
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